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Tunisia
34.0N 9.0E · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 20 MARCH 1956
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1957 – present · The Republic & the Jasmine Revolution
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1956 · Code of Personal Status 2 REFS
1987 · Ben Ali takes power 2 REFS
1881 – 1957 · French Protectorate & Independence
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
12 May 1881 · Treaty of Bardo 2 REFS
1934 · Neo-Destour founded 2 REFS
1574 – 1881 · Ottoman Rule & the Husaynid Beys
3 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1574 · Ottoman conquest of Tunis 2 REFS
1705 · Husaynid dynasty founded 2 REFS
670 – 1574 · Islam, Kairouan & the Medieval Dynasties
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
670 CE · Founding of Kairouan 2 REFS
800–909 CE · Aghlabid dynasty 2 REFS
146 BCE – 647 CE · Roman Africa, Christianity & the Vandals
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
c. 29 BCE · Augustus refounds Carthage 2 REFS
439 CE · Vandals take Carthage 2 REFS
c. 814 BCE – 146 BCE · Carthage & the Punic Wars
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c. 814 BCE · Foundation of Carthage 2 REFS
218 BCE · Hannibal's war on Rome 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Tunis
- Population
- 11 m
- Area
- 163,610 km²
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Tunisian dinar (د.ت)
- Demonym
- Tunisian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$58 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$4,657’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
5.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
101.4%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
12 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
76.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
70.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.8’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
86.3%’23 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
44.9’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
50.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
46.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
48.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
50.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
43.4’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
8.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.31’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
12.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
65.0%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
86.3%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
6.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
104.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
90.3%’16 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
38.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.7%’19 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,668’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
76.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
118’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
7.7%’23 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
155,360 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
4.6%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
62.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
11.6%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
2.2%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
1.5%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Phosphate rock
3.3 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Military
Military burden
2.5%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.3 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
48,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($58 B), superseding 2024 ($51 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($4,657), superseding 2024 ($4,181) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (2.5%), superseding 2024 (1.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (5.2%), superseding 2024 (7.2%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (101.4%), superseding 2024 (106.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (12 m), superseding 2024 (12 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (70.7%), superseding 2024 (70.4%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14